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1 спорить на все, что угодно
General subject: lay any wager thatУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > спорить на все, что угодно
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2 биться об заклад
1) ( спорить с обязательством оплатить проигрыш) bet; wager; lay a bet on smth.- Десяти тысяч ты за него не дал, - заметил зять. - Он и одной не стоит. - Ей-богу, дал десять тысяч, - сказал Ноздрёв. - Ты себе можешь божиться, сколько хочешь, - отвечал зять. - Ну, хочешь, побьёмся об заклад! - сказал Ноздрёв. Об заклад зять не захотел биться. (Н. Гоголь, Мёртвые души) — 'You didn't give any ten thousand for him,' remarked his brother-in-law. 'He isn't worth even a thousand.' 'By God, I did so give ten thousand,' Nozdryov maintained. 'You can swear by God till you're blue in the face,' his brother-in-law commented. 'There, now, would you like to lay a bet on it?' asked Nozdryov. But his brother-in-law didn't want to lay a bet.
- И небось в этом узелке вся ваша суть заключается? - спросил черномазый. - Об заклад готов биться, что так, - подхватил с чрезвычайно довольным видом красноносый чиновник. (Ф. Достоевский, Идиот) — 'I suppose that bundle contains all your belongings,' said the swarthy one. 'I'm willing to wager it does,' the red-nosed official exclaimed with a highly pleased look.
2) только в форме бьюсь об заклад (уверяю, готов поклясться, клянусь, что это так) I bet you anything; I'll be blowed (damned, hanged) if...- Бьюсь об заклад, если это не тот самый сорванец, который увязался за нами на мосту. Жаль, что до сих пор он не попадётся мне: я бы дала ему знать! (Н. Гоголь, Сорочинская ярмарка) — 'I'll be damned if it's not that same rapscallion who tacked himself onto us at the bridge. Pity he hasn't come my way yet: I'd give him something to think about.'
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